The World - News from April 22, 1985
A rural Philippine audience fled a fire in a movie theater that killed 44 people, most of them teen-agers, and injured 53 in a stampede to escape. The theater is on the second floor of a three-story building in the center of Tabaco, 200 miles southeast of Manila. An initial investigation indicated that the blaze had been preceded by an explosion.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
